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Members of the Board

Of the Executive Board's 36 State Members 18 are elected by the Economic and Social Council and 18 by the FAO Council. Each State Member serves a three-year term and is eligible for re-election; within electoral Lists and among State Members, agreements could be reached whereby the three-year term is split between more than one State Member. Elections by the Economic and Social Council are normally held in April and those by the FAO Council in December.

Term of office relates to the standard three-year periods for which Member States are elected by ECOSOC (□) or FAO Council (●) respectively. As noted above, Member States may stand down for one or two years within this period, offering their seat to another Member State

At the 19 April 2017 ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) election, the following was endorsed by the countries of List D: Finland and Spain will resign their seats effective 31 December 2017, with Norway and Greece completing their respective terms of office from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019; and Netherlands will resign its seat effective 31 December 2017, with New Zealand completing the term of office from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018. Within List D, an agreement has been reached, to be confirmed during the April 2018 ECOSOC CMM elections: Finland and Spain will respectively take up the seats from Norway and Greece to complete the third year of the terms of office from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

At the 19 April 2017 ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) election, the following was endorsed by the countries of List D: Finland and Spain will resign their seats effective 31 December 2017, with Norway and Greece completing their respective terms of office from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019; and Netherlands will resign its seat effective 31 December 2017, with New Zealand completing the term of office from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018. Within List D, an agreement has been reached, to be confirmed during the April 2018 ECOSOC CMM elections: Finland and Spain will respectively take up the seats from Norway and Greece to complete the third year of the terms of office from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

At the 19 April 2017 ECOSOC Coordination and Management Meeting (CMM) election, the following was endorsed by the countries of List D: Finland and Spain will resign their seats effective 31 December 2017, with Norway and Greece completing their respective terms of office from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2019; and Netherlands will resign its seat effective 31 December 2017, with New Zealand completing the term of office from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018. Within List D, an agreement has been reached, to be confirmed during the April 2018 ECOSOC CMM elections: Finland and Spain will respectively take up the seats from Norway and Greece to complete the third year of the terms of office from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.